This building (Ohio Supreme Court) is almost always nearly empty in the public areas unless court is in session. Easy to go at the end of the day and have the place more or less to yourself. I just stopped on my way home from work.
dwweiche wrote:
Your interiors (which are great by the way) are always devoid of people. Are these paid shots, or are you just incredibly patient?
Tried something a little bit different this last weekend. Took a walk past some of the homes on our vacation and snapped a few images of ones that we liked. Trying out my new to me R6. I look forward to being able to post more images here.
Taken yesterday afternoon from about an hour before sunset all the way to last light. Bit frustrating as I wanted to use the tree for sunset but the good looking clouds had moved on by then also the lake got more and more ripple-y so I couldn't get the reflection of the sky at the end too.
Haven't posted in quite a while -- too busy with work. Finally on vacation for first time in 4 years and of COURSE, California wildfires have to ruin any lighting in Colorado Springs Oh well, it's mostly a family trip anyway, so any non-family keepers are just bonus.
I'm apparently late to this party but wanted to address this, FWIW.
Imagemaster wrote:
JMO, but this thread has too much blah, blah talk, and 90% of the images look like they could be taken with about any camera made in the last ten years.
True, but honestly I could literally say that about any (FF or higher) camera thread. I still have A850 shots that rival anything today. A blind test wouldn't distinguish it from a Panasonic SL or Alpha-whatever. I could probably get away with stripping the EXIF from a 5D and posting to the R5 thread and nobody would question the shots unless they were high ISO.
No great shots of BIF's, and compared to the R5 thread nothing much close to the many better shots on that thread.
Again, just my opinion. Just check out page 130 of 136 pages on the R5 thread for example. https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1656877/129
This may be because as you surely know, serious birders tend to gravitate toward expensive gear all-around, and honestly if I were a serious birder, I would have gotten the R5 myself. 20MP is a hard pill to swallow psychologically even for non-birders, and the crop advantage of the R5 is real in those long-shot situations.
I'm sure most of us are aware of the R5 thread and admire the shots within, but honestly it's just way too much BIF. I mean, I appreciate the talent, gear, and patience required to get those shots -- but they tend to be pretty monotonous after hundreds and hundreds of them. There are some great wildlife shots there, though.
Of course this thread only has 11 pages, whatever that suggests.
I'd honestly like to see the factual reasons myself - I think it's a mix of reasons. Some possibilities, without any research whatsoever:
1) R5 just outsells the R6
2) FMers generally trend toward the more expensive gear and so posts favor the R5 (but the R5 posts being higher is the same at POTN and maybe DPR so I'm not sure FM's gear proclivities are the cause).
3) Sony's offerings at the R6 tier are more appealing (Canon only retaining Canon shooters at R5 levels). I'll admit the R6 was a very, very tough sell to me against the equivalent Sony offerings, especially when you consider the entire Sony ecosystem. Canon's 'usability' and ergos won out vs Sony, which I detest. Really hard to market that, though.
4) More casual shooter = less shots posted on dedicated sharing sites.
5) More serious shooters (PJs, sports business) not sharing R6 shots at all or
6) sharing them to dedicated topic boards instead.
cputeq wrote:
I'm apparently late to this party but wanted to address this, FWIW.
True, but honestly I could literally say that about any (FF or higher) camera thread. I still have A850 shots that rival anything today. A blind test wouldn't distinguish it from a Panasonic SL or Alpha-whatever. I could probably get away with stripping the EXIF from a 5D and posting to the R5 thread and nobody would question the shots unless they were high ISO.
This may be because as you surely know, serious birders tend to gravitate toward expensive gear all-around, and honestly if I were a serious birder, I would have gotten the R5 myself. 20MP is a hard pill to swallow psychologically even for non-birders, and the crop advantage of the R5 is real in those long-shot situations.
I'm sure most of us are aware of the R5 thread and admire the shots within, but honestly it's just way too much BIF. I mean, I appreciate the talent, gear, and patience required to get those shots -- but they tend to be pretty monotonous after hundreds and hundreds of them. There are some great wildlife shots there, though.
I'd honestly like to see the factual reasons myself - I think it's a mix of reasons. Some possibilities, without any research whatsoever:
1) R5 just outsells the R6
2) FMers generally trend toward the more expensive gear and so posts favor the R5 (but the R5 posts being higher is the same at POTN and maybe DPR so I'm not sure FM's gear proclivities are the cause).
3) Sony's offerings at the R6 tier are more appealing (Canon only retaining Canon shooters at R5 levels). I'll admit the R6 was a very, very tough sell to me against the equivalent Sony offerings, especially when you consider the entire Sony ecosystem. Canon's 'usability' and ergos won out vs Sony, which I detest. Really hard to market that, though.
4) More casual shooter = less shots posted on dedicated sharing sites.
5) More serious shooters (PJs, sports business) not sharing R6 shots at all or
6) sharing them to dedicated topic boards instead.
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Good friend is senior staff photographer for a fairly large daily--shoots a 1DXII and an R6--posts on FB and IG, not of FM. His stuff is picked up on wire services and runs in NYT, WSJ, etc. He loves loves loves his R6 and asked his boss to trade is 1 for another R6. For some shooters like him, big files are not a plus. Low light and great AF win out.
dwweiche wrote:
The Master is certainly good at making condescending comments all over the board, but has very thin skin when they are directed at him/her. JMO, of course!
I stopped by for a visit. Apparently nothing has changed with with him
deepbluejh wrote:
Late to the party here... I've been having a lot of fun with this camera. Just a tiny sample of what I've taken with it lately...
Very nice. I love seeing (Indian?) weddings - great outfits and decorations and lovely women. I once had a co-worker from India and he described what it was like seeing a Punjab wedding procession going down the street in his home country (dancing, marching, elephants, the works) - sounded awesome !
Oh well, it's mostly a family trip anyway, so any non-family keepers are just bonus.
